Today's update will be posted tomorrow. Ran out of energy far too quickly today to get anything meaningful done, and I need to reset my internal clock for the temp job I start tomorrow.

A huge thank you to everyone who's donated so far - the current tally is at 190 dollars! That's going to really help to take care of some of these bills. I still don't know how to properly repay y'all for your generosity. Someone suggested commissions. Ha ha, no.

See ya tomorrow.

EDIT: And of course by "tomorrow" I meant "Tuesday." Sorry, just too wiped out tonight to keep my eyes open. Tomorrow I should have my clock reset and functioning properly again.

After the last two weeks residing on the breezy side of hell, here's what's going on.

We're finally in a new place, a lot nicer than the old apartment and this time we know the landlord personally and he's a cool guy. That doesn't however excuse us from paying rent. Also, last week the brakes on my car went out (have been fixed since then), my cellphone service has been shut off, we found out that our eviction from the apartment was done so illegally, AND for reasons completely unrelated to anything else, I lost my job.

I'm trying not to let all this send me into one of my trademark downward spirals (you know how I get, and how easily I get there), but since we've mostly landed on our feet, it's not as bad as it seems. However, I say "mostly" because what it all boils down to is - without a job, I won't be able to afford rent, car payment, insurance, or FOOD.

Now I'm hardly slacking off here, I've been looking for a new job like mad, but until I can secure one, my finances are very fragile. You know how much I hate doing this, but I'm asking that anyone out there who'd be willing to donate some money through the link over there, it would be greatly appreciated. Not really sure just how much I need right now, but it's definitely more than I have available.

I'd like to give something back for reaching whatever goal I can come up with, but I don't know what to offer. Any suggestions would be cool as well, and I'd be more than happy to provide something reasonable. So just name it! Head to the forums, or send me an email.

Thank you everyone!

I just can't seem to catch a break here.

Sorry again for the delay in posting new comicness, but real life has offered up a new flavor of suck. The management of our apartment complex has served us with court papers stating that we are to vacate the premesis post-haste. We've appealed and so far delayed the eviction date (might even overturn it), but they are adamant about us getting the f*** out.

And why? Twice our rent was late. Not terribly late, either, and always paid in full, including late fees. Seems these people are simply assholes by historical nature.

So therefore all effort outside of work has been spent lately in looking for new accomodations. The good news here at least is that we've found quite a few houses nearby (as in, not apartments) that are being offered to rent for the same or less than what we're paying now, and they're on-par or better than where we currently are.

Another blow is that my car's brake pads are worn out, and I need to get those fixed. The problem here is that since I have a high-frequency hearing impairment (those who have met me in person may have noticed that I say "what?" a lot and cup my ear), I haven't noticed the squealing noise that is evidence of impending failure. Now all I hear is the coarse grinding of metal on metal, which is not good at all. Brake pads may be relatively inexpensive to replace, but rotors, the metal parts, are not.

Sadly this leaves me with little time and a lot of stress because I don't exactly have the money to cover everything right now. If things can wait until the next paycheck then I should be fine, but things like the brakes are kind of important. Waiting and prolonging that only makes things worse and more expensive to fix.

I'll try to get the next comic out as soon as I can, but it may be some time before that happens. I feel terrible about this, especially because delays have become the rule rather than the exception, but also because it's completely beyond my control.